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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- deep; extensive
Meaning
Poseidon receives the deep stream of the sea at XVII.7, while Boreas shakes the deep air of the cosmos at LXXX.1. Depth can therefore measure an extensive expanse as well as water below a surface. The atmospheric use should not be translated as though Boreas were shaking a liquid sea.
Places to read
- Hymn XVII · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
βαθὺ; βαθὺν
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XVII.7; LXXX.1